Morning journal and courier., 1887-09-17
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 Friendship lodge No. 33, F. and A. M., l held banquet Wednesday night, the ecca- sion being the last time that Worshlpful l Master F. A. Mann would attend before his 1 departure to his new home in Cleveland, Ohio.
 Rev. Samuel Durham of Binghamton, N. Y, who has been visiting here together with his family, has returned home and is accom- panied by his niece, Miss Louise Durham.
 General state News. FINE RAIL SHOOTING. Mir. M F. Cook, of Hartford. went On solitary rail shooting trip down the river yes terday and succeeded in bagging eighty on one tide. This is the best string made this season.
 NOT EVEN THANK YOU. poor man who found gold watch and I chain recently in this city did not get as much as " thank you" from tue owner: The person who finds property adrift can legally claim salyage and in some countries the | finder has a legal claim of five or ten per centaof the value of the property found. A law that would make certain people act right 1 in this line would not be @ bad Iaw.-Nor- | wich Bulletin.
 ! BRIDGEPORT WOMAN HANGS HERSELF. 1 BRIDGEPORT, Sept. 16.-Mrs. John s. George, an old resident of this city, hung herself this morning at her residence ln East Bridgeport. The cause of her taking her life was due to despondency. She was l about fifty years of age and leaves an invalid | husband and three grown children.
 50 FREsHMEN-GIvEs FOOTBALL A CHANGE. College year at Wesleyan university open- ed on Thursday. The freshman class num- bers about 5O The faculty have decided to abolish most of the afternoon recitations ill order to give the football team better oppor- tunities to practice. Seven members ot last years eleven are back, and the prospects are good of putting a better team into the field ! this year than ever before.
 THE sIxTEENTH's REUNION
 The reunion of the Sixteenth 0. V. is to be celebrated in Hartford to. day, Sept. IT. At 9:30 a. m. the members meet at Allyr
 Hall and form line fer the march to thu Steamboat dock. At 10 8. m. they will takt i, the barge Daisy for excursion down the river, returning in time for dinner at tht l Allyn House at 2:30 P. m. The guidon O
 the Sixteenth, recently returned to the Gov
 ernor, has been forwarded to Colonel Franl
 Cheney and he will present it to the veterans this morning and it will be carried in thu
 parade.
 BLACK BASS FISHING.
 A party of Norwich gentlemen recent. took three black bass from the Coventrv
 lake weighing eleven pounds One was takei from Columbia reservoir day or two sine
 by Mr. John Payne weighing three and one
 half pounds. Mr. Payne has the well de , served title of the ''veteran fisherman"
 few days ago Colonel Payne, son of Senate Payne of Ohio, while visiting at the summe
 residence of H. F. Dimoek in South Coven try, met MT. John Payne, the happy posses sor of four pound bass, the sight of whic ! melted the colonel to try his luck, whic l proved not the best. After abandoning tn
 pleasure of fishing the colonel presented tn i; veteran fisherman with a handsome fshin :; rod costing $25, together with a valuabl = reel Colonel Payne is brother law c
 Secretary Whitney of the navy, and the lat i ter brother of Mrs. H. F. Dimock of Coy ], entry-Hartford Courant
 THREE GOOD RACES AT CHARTER OAK. 2 There was considerable number of spet . tators at Charter Oak Park Thursday after 1 noon, when the trotting matinee of the Gen , tlemen's Driving club took place. Th 7, events were the open to all, three minut ' l and double team races. Each of the frs /, l two was good deal of a procession, bU there were two good finishes in the first ract
 and in the three minute Handy Daniel col
 Jared Pat on the backstretch, but could nc | hold kim Tha summarizes.